The authors investigated whether δ-T inhibits the development of prostate adenocarcinoma in prostate-specific Pten-/- mice in which the activation of AKT is the major driving force for tumorigenesis. [Carcinogenesis]
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The National Cancer Institute has awarded Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD, the prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award, granting him $6.7 million over seven years for research into the tumor-suppressing functions of the PTEN gene, which he discovered. [Mount Sinai Hospital]
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SOTIO announced the enrolment of the last patient into the VIABLE study, a global Phase III clinical trial evaluating DCVAC/PCa in combination with docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. [SOTIO]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to restrict the amount of antibiotics given in food animal production by prohibiting their routine use in growth promotion and disease prevention. The recommendation is one of a number the WHO issued aimed at preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics. [STAT News]
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Patrick Vallance, president of research and development at the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, has been appointed as chief scientific adviser, the UK government announced. [Nature News]
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A leading Indian science-advocacy group is urging the country’s researchers to speak out against pseudoscience, which it fears has gained a foothold in the past few years, partly through support from some agencies of the Indian government. [Nature News]
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has won a lawsuit against Sci-Hub, a website providing illicit free access to millions of paywalled scientific papers. ACS had alleged copyright infringement, trademark counterfeiting and trademark infringement; a district court in Virginia ruled that Sci-Hub should pay the ACS $4.8 million in damages after Sci-Hub representatives failed to attend court. [ScienceInsider]
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